refactor: remove broken anon mode feature

- delete the anon mode hook/store and stop wiring publish flows through alternate signers
  - strip the settings UI, avatar warning, reply indicators, and FAQ text that referenced the toggle
  - drop the anon mode translation keys via scripts/update-translations.js

src/hooks/use-anon-mode.ts

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import { useAccount } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
-import useAnonModeStore from '../stores/use-anon-mode-store';
-import { useCallback } from 'react';
-
-const useAnonMode = (postCid?: string) => {
-  const { anonMode, getThreadSigner, setThreadSigner, setAddressSigner, getAddressSigner } = useAnonModeStore((state) => ({
-    anonMode: state.anonMode,
-    getThreadSigner: state.getThreadSigner,
-    setThreadSigner: state.setThreadSigner,
-    setAddressSigner: state.setAddressSigner,
-    getAddressSigner: state.getAddressSigner,
-  }));
-
-  const account = useAccount();
-
-  const getNewSigner = useCallback(async () => {
-    if (anonMode) {
-      if (postCid) {
-        const existingSigner = getThreadSigner(postCid);
-        if (existingSigner) {
-          return existingSigner;
-        }
-      }
-      try {
-        const signer = await account?.plebbit.createSigner();
-        if (signer) {
-          if (postCid) {
-            setThreadSigner(postCid, signer);
-          } else {
-            setAddressSigner(signer);
-          }
-        }
-        return signer;
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error('Failed to create anonymous signer:', error);
-      }
-    }
-    return null;
-  }, [anonMode, postCid, account, getThreadSigner, setThreadSigner, setAddressSigner]);
-
-  const getExistingSigner = useCallback(
-    (address: string) => {
-      const signer = getAddressSigner(address);
-      return signer;
-    },
-    [getAddressSigner],
-  );
-
-  return { anonMode, getNewSigner, getExistingSigner };
-};
-
-export default useAnonMode;

src/hooks/use-author-privileges.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useAccount } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import useSubplebbitsStore from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks/dist/stores/subplebbits';
-import useAnonModeStore from '../stores/use-anon-mode-store';
-import useAnonMode from './use-anon-mode';
 
 interface AuthorPrivilegesProps {
   commentAuthorAddress: string;
@@ -15,26 +13,16 @@ const useAuthorPrivileges = ({ commentAuthorAddress, subplebbitAddress, postCid
   const accountAuthorAddress = account?.author?.address;
   const subplebbit = useSubplebbitsStore((state) => state.subplebbits[subplebbitAddress]);
   const { roles } = subplebbit || {};
-  const { getAddressSigner, getThreadSigner } = useAnonModeStore();
-  const { anonMode } = useAnonMode(postCid);
-
   const { isCommentAuthorMod, isAccountMod, isAccountCommentAuthor, commentAuthorRole, accountAuthorRole } = useMemo(() => {
     const commentAuthorRole = roles?.[commentAuthorAddress]?.role;
     const isCommentAuthorMod = commentAuthorRole === 'admin' || commentAuthorRole === 'owner' || commentAuthorRole === 'moderator';
     const accountAuthorRole = roles?.[accountAuthorAddress]?.role;
     const isAccountMod = accountAuthorRole === 'admin' || accountAuthorRole === 'owner' || accountAuthorRole === 'moderator';
 
-    let isAccountCommentAuthor = postCid && accountAuthorAddress === commentAuthorAddress;
-
-    if (!isAccountCommentAuthor && anonMode) {
-      const addressSigner = getAddressSigner(commentAuthorAddress);
-      const threadSigner = postCid ? getThreadSigner(postCid) : null;
-
-      isAccountCommentAuthor = (addressSigner && addressSigner.address === commentAuthorAddress) || (threadSigner && threadSigner.address === commentAuthorAddress);
-    }
+    const isAccountCommentAuthor = !!postCid && accountAuthorAddress === commentAuthorAddress;
 
     return { isCommentAuthorMod, isAccountMod, isAccountCommentAuthor, commentAuthorRole, accountAuthorRole };
-  }, [roles, commentAuthorAddress, accountAuthorAddress, anonMode, getAddressSigner, getThreadSigner, postCid]);
+  }, [roles, commentAuthorAddress, accountAuthorAddress, postCid]);
 
   return { isCommentAuthorMod, isAccountMod, isAccountCommentAuthor, commentAuthorRole, accountAuthorRole };
 };

src/hooks/use-publish-post.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import { Comment, useAccount, usePublishComment } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
-import useAnonMode from './use-anon-mode';
 import usePublishPostStore from '../stores/use-publish-post-store';
 
 const usePublishPost = ({ subplebbitAddress }: { subplebbitAddress?: string }) => {
   const account = useAccount();
-  const { anonMode } = useAnonMode();
 
-  const { author, signer, title, content, link, spoiler, publishCommentOptions } = usePublishPostStore((state) => ({
+  const { author, title, content, link, spoiler, publishCommentOptions } = usePublishPostStore((state) => ({
     author: state.author,
-    signer: state.signer,
     title: state.title || undefined,
     content: state.content || undefined,
     link: state.link || undefined,
@@ -29,21 +26,13 @@ const usePublishPost = ({ subplebbitAddress }: { subplebbitAddress?: string }) =
       spoiler,
     };
 
-    if (anonMode) {
-      baseOptions.author = {
-        address: signer?.address,
-        displayName: author?.displayName,
-      };
-      baseOptions.signer = signer;
-    } else {
-      baseOptions.author = {
-        ...account?.author,
-        displayName: author?.displayName || account?.author?.displayName,
-      };
-    }
+    baseOptions.author = {
+      ...account?.author,
+      displayName: author?.displayName || account?.author?.displayName,
+    };
 
     return baseOptions;
-  }, [anonMode, author, content, link, signer, spoiler, subplebbitAddress, title, account]);
+  }, [author, content, link, spoiler, subplebbitAddress, title, account]);
 
   const setPublishPostOptions = useCallback(
     (options: Partial<Comment>) => {

src/hooks/use-publish-reply.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import { Comment, useAccount, usePublishComment } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
-import useAnonMode from './use-anon-mode';
 import usePublishReplyStore from '../stores/use-publish-reply-store';
 
 const usePublishReply = ({ cid, subplebbitAddress, postCid }: { cid: string; subplebbitAddress: string; postCid?: string }) => {
   const parentCid = cid;
   const account = useAccount();
-  const { anonMode } = useAnonMode(postCid);
 
-  const { author, signer, content, link, spoiler, publishCommentOptions } = usePublishReplyStore((state) => ({
+  const { author, content, link, spoiler, publishCommentOptions } = usePublishReplyStore((state) => ({
     author: state.author[parentCid],
-    signer: state.signer[parentCid] || undefined,
     content: state.content[parentCid] || undefined,
     link: state.link[parentCid] || undefined,
     spoiler: state.spoiler[parentCid] || false,
@@ -30,21 +27,13 @@ const usePublishReply = ({ cid, subplebbitAddress, postCid }: { cid: string; sub
       spoiler,
     };
 
-    if (anonMode) {
-      baseOptions.author = {
-        address: signer?.address,
-        displayName: author?.displayName,
-      };
-      baseOptions.signer = signer;
-    } else {
-      baseOptions.author = {
-        ...account?.author,
-        displayName: author?.displayName || account?.author?.displayName,
-      };
-    }
+    baseOptions.author = {
+      ...account?.author,
+      displayName: author?.displayName || account?.author?.displayName,
+    };
 
     return baseOptions;
-  }, [anonMode, author, content, link, parentCid, postCid, signer, spoiler, subplebbitAddress, account]);
+  }, [author, content, link, parentCid, postCid, spoiler, subplebbitAddress, account]);
 
   const setPublishReplyOptions = useCallback(
     (options: Partial<Comment>) => {